Summary Statistics of Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2013

Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for players in season 6, 2013 was conducted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, South India on 3rd February 2013. 108 cricketers are considered for the auction from various categories like all-rounder, batsman, bowler and wicket keeper. The break up statistics of different categories is given below.

All-Rounder 29 (26.9%) players

Batsman 28 (25.9%) players

Bowler 41 (38.0%) players

Wicket Keeper 10 (9.3%) players

Majority of auctioned players were from abroad. Australians are the highest number of auctioned players. The second position goes to Sri Lanka and third position goes to South Africa. Country-wise proportion is given here.

Australia 32 (29.6%) players

England 02 (1.9%) players

India 08 (7.4%) players

Ireland 01 (0.9%) player

New Zealand 05 (4.6%) players

South Africa 21 (19.4%) players

Sri Lankan 25 (23.1%) players

West Indies 14 (13.0%) players

Country and category wise proportion of players

Australia– All-Rounder 6 (18.8%)

Australia– Batsman 12 (37.5%)

Australia– Bowler 12 (37.5%)

Australia– Wicket Keeper 2 (6.3%)

Australia– Total 32 (100%)

England– All-Rounder 1 (50.0%)

England– Batsman 0

England– Bowler 0

England– Wicket Keeper 1 (50.0%)

England– Total 2 (100%)

India– All-Rounder 1 (12.5%)

India– Batsman 1 (12.5%)

India– Bowler 6 (75.0%)

India– Wicket Keeper 0

India– Total 8 (100%)

New Zealand– All-Rounder 3 (60.0%)

New Zealand– Batsman 1 (20.0%)

New Zealand– Bowler 1 (20.0%)

New Zealand– Wicket Keeper 0

New Zealand– Total 5 (100%)

Ireland– All-Rounder 1 (100%)

South Africa– All-Rounder 7 (33.3%)

South Africa– Batsman 4 (19.0%)

South Africa– Bowler 8 (38.1%)

South Africa– Wicket Keeper 2 (9.5%)

South Africa– Total 21 (100%)

Sri Lankan – All-Rounder 7 (28.0%)

Sri Lankan – Batsman 7 (28.0%)

Sri Lankan – Bowler 7 (28.0%)

Sri Lankan – Wicket Keeper 4 (16.0%)

Sri Lankan – Total 25 (100%)

West Indies– All-Rounder 3 (21.4%)

West Indies– Batsman 3 (21.4%)

West Indies– Bowler 7 (50.0%)

West Indies- Wicket Keeper 1 (7.1%)

Among 108 auctioned players only 37 (34.3%) players are sold in the auction. The analysis indicates, in the case of batsman category 85.7% of players are remained unsold. The most sold category players was all-rounder. The category-wise players sold in the auction are given below.

All – Rounder 15 (51.7%)

Batsman 4 (14.3%)

Bowler 16 (39.0%)

Wicket Keeper 2 (20%)

Country-wise proportion of players sold in the auction

Australia 13 (40.6%)

England 0

India 7 (87.5%)

Ireland 0

New Zealand 3 (60.0%)

South Africa 4 (19.0%0

Sri Lankan 6 (24.0%)

West Indies 4 (28.6%)

The minimum base price set for players was $20,000. The maximum base price was $400,000. The minimum bid price was $20,000. The maximum bid price was $1,000,000. The Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was the highest paid players in the auction. His base price was $200,000 and the bid price was $1,000,000. He is purchased by MUMBAI INDIANS. Maxwell’s remuneration comes around 8.41% of total amount $11,885,000 spent in the auction. The second most paid player – Sri Lankan bowler – Ajantha Mendis is bought by PUNE WARRIORS INDIA for $725,000. His base price was only $50,000. Top paid 25 players and their information is given below.

Royal Challengers, Bangaloreranks the first position in terms of buying number of players. However, they positioned 3rd in total amount spent in the auction. Royal Challenger bought 7 (18.9%) players for the total amount $ 1815000. Sunrisers, Hyderabad holds the second position in acquiring number of players, and positioned 4th in spending total amount for players. Sunrisers bought 6 (16.2%) players for the total amount $ 1420000.

In terms of spending money for players, Pune Warriors India holds the first position. They used $ 2500000 for purchasing players in the auction 2013. The second position goes to Mumbai Indians with the spending amount $ 2000000. Details of number of players and total spent money is given below

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